Hi, need to submit a 1250 words essay on the topic Sleep, Alcohol and Academic Performance.Download file to see previous pages... I will also write about my own drinking and sleep behaviors, which I k

Hi, need to submit a 1250 words essay on the topic Sleep, Alcohol and Academic Performance.

I will also write about my own drinking and sleep behaviors, which I kept during the last week. I slept for almost four hours each night of the last week and took three drinks each day of the week, on weekends I took even four. Two Unhealthy Behaviors College life is the most critical stage of life of a person. In college, a person develops different kinds of habits and behaviors. Some behaviors are useful for the success of a person in personal and professional life whereas some behaviors put adverse impact on the health and social life. Two of the unhealthiest behaviors which most of the college level students develop include excessive drinking and inappropriate sleep patterns. Both of these behaviors are very harmful for the health of young adults. Along with the effects on health, drinking and inappropriate sleep patterns also affect the academic performances of the students. Singleton and Wolfson (2009) state, “Both heavy alcohol consumption and unhealthy sleep habits are associated with various behavioral problems, including poor academic performance”. ...

When children drink, whether on weekends or regularly, the effect is on the brain of those children, which is the most important contributor to good academic performance. Drinking not only affects the thinking abilities of the children but also intoxicate children and the intoxication smoothens their way to become habitual drinkers. Unfortunately, no controlled researches have been done to know the effects of alcoholism on academic performance of the children because in the United States of America, it is not easy for a high school student to drink because of alcohol prohibition laws. That is the reason why researchers have not conducted any considerable research on this issue. However, researches with adults have proved that drinking puts an adverse impact on the learning and thinking abilities of the adults. Although such effects are temporary in case of irregular drinking but if an adult consumes alcohol on daily basis, the effects on daily life are very unpleasant. Both national surveys and large-scale surveys have reported a close relationship between drinking and poor academic performance of students whether it is heavy episodic drinking or heavy alcohol use. If a child drinks a few beers on weekdays with friends and makes heavy use of alcohol on weekends, he/she is likely to develop the habit of excessive drinking soon in life. If a child drinks excessively on weekends, he/she is likely to fall behind in the schoolwork and show poor performance in exams. Therefore, we can say that use of alcohol, whether occasional or regular, puts an adverse impact on academic performance of the children. Effects of Alcohol on My Own Academic Performance As stated earlier, I took three drinks each day from 8th to 14th of October.